TOP 80 ALBUMS/TOP 10 EPs/TOP 5 SINGLES OF 2018

1. "Lucky Day" - DAVID MYHR
2. "Beauty In The Backseat" - KEN SHARP
3. "10 More Rock Super Hits" - JEFF WHALEN
4. "Good-Melody Records" - HAJIMEPOP
5. "Goodbye Kayfabe!" - NICK FRATER
6. "Kill The Lights" - TONY MOLINA
7. "Wilkerson" - WILKERSON
8.  "Some Kinda Life" - TWO SHEDS JACKSON
9. "A Salty Taste To The Lake" - CAPER CLOWNS
10. "Don't Be Mad At Me" - THE DAVENPORTS

11. "12" - SLOAN
12. "Four" -  STARBELLY
13. "Trouble Again" - ROB BONFIGLIO
14. "Dalmatian" - CHRIS PRICE
15. "Cabin Life" - LINUS OF HOLLYWOOD
16. "Cabaret Of Love" - DANA COUNTRYMAN
17. "Just Another Regular Summer" - THE SPEEDWAYS
18. "Working The Long Game" - BILL LLOYD
19. "First Days Of Summer" - MICHAEL SIMMONS
20. "Late Stage Capitalism" - JEREMY MESSERSMITH

21. "Nick Eng" - NICK ENG
22. "Obras Cumbres" -  LOS ANDES
23. "Long Cool Journey" - THE VINYL SKYWAY
24. "s/t" - JOE KANE/RADIOPHONIC TUCKSHOP
25. "Carousel Kites" - PAUL STEEL
26. "Record Collector" - THE FOREIGN FILMS
27. "Sincerely S. Love x" - SIMON LOVE
28. "Pop Up Radio " - KAI DANZBERG
29. "A Few Seconds Of Fame" - GREG POPE
30. "Temporary High" - NICK PIUNTI

31. "The Years Have It" - GLEESON
32. "Peaks And Valleys" - CHRIS RICHARDS AND THE SUBTRACTIONS
33. "The Diet" - CULLEN OMORI
34. "Past And Present" - THE SPINDLES
35. "Longwave" - DROPKICK
36. "Wish You Sucess" - THE CONNECTION
37. "Meanwhile Back In Medieval Britain..." - GROOVY UNCLE
38. "Days Go By" - MICK TERRY
39. "II" - DIAMOND HANDS
40. "It's A New Day Tonight" - MICHAEL RAULT

41. "You Never Know" - THREE  HOUR TOUR
42. "Tomorrow's Daughter" - MATTHEW SWEET
43. "Tiempo, Temperatura, Agitación" - COOPER
44. "Ten Times Four" - CADDY
45. "Quatro" - WILLIAM DUKE
46. "Stupefaction" - TOMMY LORENTE
47. "Legs & Luggage" - VEGAS WITH RANDOLPH
48. "Islands" - ASH
49. "Issues" - GENUINE FAKES
50. "Get The Sharona " - THE SHARONA

51. "SUGAR" - LISA MYCHOLS
52. "Black Box Theory" - GRETCHEN'S WHEEL
53. "Sha La La" - THE LATE SHOW
54. "Ten Bites " - GOODFELLOWS
55. "In The Key OF Grey" - MATT DORRIEN
56. "s/t" - EVERET ALMOND
57. "Geography & Lucky" - NEIL STURGEON & THE INFOMANIACS
58. "Pomp, Twaddle & Bombast: Songs 13-24" -  CHECKPOINT CHARLEY
59. "s/t" - BIRD STREETS
60. "Out Of My Head" - PAUL COLLINS

61. "Tuscumbia" - BELLE ADAIR
62. "Teardrop Kiss" - THE INNOCENTS
63. "Far From The Echoes" - SALTO
64. "Wild One" - THE MAYFLOWERS
65. "Winning Star Champion" - RULER
66. "Song" - McPHERSON/GRANT
67. "A View From Above" - THE WELL WISHERS
68.  "Party Music!" - PHIL YATES & THE AFFILIATES
69. "Headacher" - EXTRA ARMS
70. "Cross The Water" - DANIEL McGEEVER

71. "Pretty, But Killing Me" - PACIFIC RADIO
72. "Hey! It's The Pandoras" - THE PANDORAS
73. "Faster & Louder" - SUZY & LOS QUATRO
74. "Let Me In On This Action" - THE BOTTLE KIDS
75. "From Paris With Love" - ALPACA SPORTS
76. "Quit The Curse" - ANNA BURCH
77. "Make" - BLAKE JONES & TRIKE SHOP
78. "Here Comes The Rapture" - PAUL McCANN
79. "Mixed Reality" - GIN BLOSSOMS
80. "s/t" - BIG SUNSET

TOP 1O EPs Of 2018

1. "Clapham Junction" - CUPID'S CARNIVAL
2.  "Picasso On A Log" - MAGPIE
3.  "Another Side Of" - THE NUMBER ONES
4. "American Heartbeat" - THE DAHLMANNS
5. "Pop" - ROSS
6. "The Chords Are Still The Same" - THE FEEDBACKS
7. "The Budweisers" - THE BUDWEISERS
8. "Oh California" - GORILLA*
9. "So Far Tonight" - LIA PAMINA & DARIO PERSI
10. "#2" - THE HEATWAVES

TOP 5 SINGLES OF 2018

1. "Sunshine Grooves" - MIKAH WILSON
2. "She Hates The Beatles" - KEN SHARP
3. "The Guy Who Used To Care" - THE JANGLE BAND
4. "Sandbox" - PAT BUCHANAN
5. "My Beautiful Day" - KAI DANZBERG & DANA COUNTRYMAN

Top 50 Albums and Top 10 EPs Of 2017

1 - "Shag" - SITCOM NEIGHBOR
2 - "Mama's Boy" - THE LUNAR LAUGH
3 - "s/t" - HANK IDORY
4 - "Exposure & Response" - MO TROPER
5 - "Great Event Syndrome" - CHRIS LUND
6 - "Silverlake" - PUGWASH
7 - "Just Dandy" - GENTLE BRENT
8 - "Suspended In The Space" - MICHAEL ROBERTS
9 - "End Of The Summer" - THE WELLINGTONS
10 - "Clara Obscura" - THE RELATIONSHIP

11 - "The New High" - BRENT CASH
12 - "Impossible Dream" -  THE RUBS
13 - "Weeks" - TIMMY SEAN
14 - "The Joy Of Pop" - DANA COUNTRYMAN
15 - "Colour Radio (American Transistor)" - THE NINES
16 - "RED!" -  LOS IMPOSIBLES
17 - "Buddha Pesto Manifesto" - DAVE CARUSO
18 - "Tasty Waves" - THE SAFES
19 - "s/t" - THE STANLEYS
20 - "Never Leaving California" - GREG IERONIMO

21 - "Inner City Dream" - WESLEY FULLER
22 - "We Are The Naturals" -  THE NATURALS
23 - "Sweet Tooth" - THE SINGLES
24 - "Transatlantic Romantic" - BILL DEMAIN
25 - "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" -  WARM SODA
26 - "Bohemian Garden" - BALDUIN
27 - "Miles & An Ocean"- KYLE VINCENT
28 - "Tomorrow Forever" - MATTHEW SWEET
29 - "Kits & Kats And Saxon Wives" - THE HANGABOUTS
30 - "Love Mirage" - FANCEY

31 - "Scenery For Lovers" - DANIEL WYLIE
32 - "Wild Kingdom" - COTTON MATHER
33 - " From The Outside Looking In" - ANDREW TAYLOR
34 - "Young Is The New Old " - RAMIREZ EXPOSURE
35 - "Seven Seasons" - THE BRASS BUTTONS
36 - "Another Summer Of Love" - GOSPELBEACH
37 - "s/t" - PUNCH PUNCH KICK
38 - "Who Folds First" -  THE BLOOD RUSH HOUR
39 - "And The Space Invaders" - BERWANGER 
40 - "A World Of My Own" - DERRICK ANDERSON

41 - "Welcome Aboard" - THE ON AND ONS
42 - "Where Are The Strange People" - KIDD
43 - "s/t" - GROOVY MOVIES
44 - "By Order Of The Moose" - EL GOODO
45 - "A Clip Round The Ear" - GROOVY UNCLE
46 - "Today My Mind... Tomorrow The World" - ROB MARTINEZ
47 - "And The Magic Of Horses" - New Swears
48 - "Sail Me Home, St. Clair" - THE CAROUSELS
49 - "Yes Man" - JUSTIN LEVINSON
50 - "Never Give Up" - GORDY GARRIS

TOP 1O EPs Of 2017

1 - "King For A Night" - CIRRONE
2 - "Many Happy Returns" - CLIFF HILLIS
3 - "It's All Pop!" - GORILLA*
4 - "Now It's All This!" - THE RED BUTTON
5 - "Take A Whiff!" - THE WHIFFS
6 - "Pop" - TRUE STORIES
7 - "Días y Noches" - THE SEASONGS
8 - "Blank Season" - ARVIDSON & BUTTERFLIES
9 - "Ruined My Life" - THEE OPERATORS
10 - "Autumn Of Love" - TIMEWHY?S

BEST COMPILATION OF 2017

"Twelve String High Vol. 2 - Another Jingle Jangle Adventure"

BEST RELEASE/REISSUE/DISCOVERY OF 2O17

"1976 - 1983 First Songs" and "1986 - 2017" Don't Wait For The Yesterday - RONNIE D'ADDARIO

TOP 50 ALBUMS/EPs 2016

1 - "s/t" - DIAMOND HANDS
2 - "Everything Is Love" - CUPID'S CARNIVAL
3 - "New Mourning" - KEN SHARP
4 - "And The Average Lookings" - DAVID BROOKINGS
5 - "Circles & Squares" - SETH SWIRSKY
6 - "White Album" - WEEZER
7 - "Do Hollywood" - THE LEMON TWIGS
8 - "Conrad" - THE LEGAL MATTERS
9 - "Here" - TEENAGE FANCLUB
10 - "Melvista" - WESLEY FULLER

11 - "Back In The Day" - RADIO DAYS
12 - "Confront The Truth" - TONY MOLINA
13 - "So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away" - ERIK VOEKS
14 - "Blisters & Thorns" - ANDY BOPP
15 - "Beach Closed" - CHAMPAGNE
16 - "La Sombra De Ayer" - LUKAH BOO
17 - "Death Of The Cool" - COTTON MATHER
18 - "Mercury Man" - BUTCH YOUNG
19 - "Trust Your Instincts" - NICK PIUNTI
20 - "Edge Of A Dream" - THE JANGLE BAND

21 - "s/t" - ARVIDSON & BUTTERFLIES
22 - "Ada" - SAN FRANCISCO
23 - "Red Bouquet Fair" - THE JUNIPERS
24 - "The Great Northern" - SWEDISH POLARBEARS
25 - "s/t" - LOOK PARK
26 - "Alejandro's Visions" - THE NINES
27 - "Studio 2"- THE WEEKLINGS
28 - "Turn The Music Up" - AUTOMAT
29 - "Together" - THE EXPLORERS CLUB
30 - "New Love Environment" - ROB MARTINEZ

31 - "Love Not War" - CLIFF HILLIS
32 - "Was Your Tie Black?" - ROGER SINCERO & JAVIER DE TORRES
33 - "s/t" - TUNS
34 - "Up In The Air" - BRETT HARRIS
35 - "Every Little Thing" - BRYAN ESTEPA
36 - "Classic New Rock" - JOHN SYKES
37 - "Balance The Light" - DROPKICK
38 - "Poptimistic" - GARY RITCHIE
39 - "Sticky Love Songs Vols. 1 & 2" - BUBBLE GUM ORCHESTRA
40 - "Guiding Star" - GREG POPE

41 - "Unforeseen Circumstances" - JOHN MACOM
42 - "Basement Punk" - RYAN ALLEN & HIS EXTRA ARMS
43 - "Ain't Nothing Left To Say" - MICHAEL CARPENTER AND THE CUBAN HEELS
44 - "New Misery" - CULLEN OMORI
45 - "Shake It Maggie" - SOMERDALE
46 - "Fall Of The World" - PROPELLER
47 - "Until Tomorrow In The Way" - LATVIAN RADIO
48 - "Centramina Beatles Y Mazinger-Z" - JULIO CABLE
49 - "Better From Here" - JOE GIDDINGS
50 - "Yesterday's Misadventures" - JAMES CLARK INSTITUTE

TOP 50 ALBUNS 2015

1 – “Bang The Drum” – THE MAUREENS

2 – “Nummer Zwei” – COKE BELDA

3 – “Crayons & Angels” – BRANDON SCHOTT

4 – “Summer Rain” – THE WELLGREEN

5 – “Jealous Tides” – BILL SIMPSON

6 – “When Sheryl Crow Was Young” – ROGER SINCERO & JAVIER DE TORRES

7 – “Songs About Girls And Other Disasters” – YORKTOWN LADS

8 – “The Big Radio” – MICHAEL CARPENTER

9 – “Stray Comets” – THE POWER CORDS

10 – “Star Trip” – STAR TRIP

11 – “We Let Go” – SUNDAY SUN

12 – “Pop 3!” – DANA COUNTRYMAN

13 – “The Dark Beautiful Sun” – WILLIAM DUKE

14 – “Mark II” – MARK POUNTNEY

15 – “Espacio Abierto” – THE GURUS

16 – “Record Collection” – CLOUD ELEVEN

17 – “Kool As A Kat” – TORBJöRN PETERSSON

18 – “The Wild Wolf” – PAUL STARLING

19 – “Skyway Blvd” – FEEDBACKS

20 – “Lessons For A Shooting Star” – RENO BO

21 – “Beyond The Static” – NICK PIUNTI

22 – “Play It Cool” – KURT BAKER

23 – “Labor Of Love” – THE CONNECTION

24 – “Fanboy” – GREG POPE

25 – “Matilda Effect” – THE CORNER LAUGHERS

26 – “Second Nature” – THE SURF SCHOOL DROPOUTS

27 – “Last Laugh” – MICHAEL COLLINS

28 – “The Valley Of The Kilowatt Hour” – ELVYN

29 – “Giving Up” – SAM VICARI

30 – “Wallpaper Music” – MARCO REA

31 - “Beyond The Silver Sea” – Dr. Cosmo’s Tape Lab

32 – “Now You’re Really Done It” – THE WEBSTIRS

33 – “Masterpiece” – MOONER

34 – “Summer” – POP4

35 – “Action And Heroes” – THREE HOUR TOUR

36 – “Wasting Away And Wondering” – THE SCHOOL

37 – “The Better End” – CADDY

38 – “El Fin Del Mundo” – COLA JET SET

39 – “Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) – PUGWASH

40 – “Mouseland” – OCTUBRE

41 – “Buscando El Sol” – THE SEASONGS

42 –“Gotham Te Necesita” – AIRBAG

43 – “Apollo” – THE LUNAR LAUGH

44 – “Fan, Fan, Fan” – BABY SCREAM

45 – “Detour” – KYLE VINCENT

46 – “Welp.” – CAMERON LEW

47 – “Pop Art” – DC CARDWELL

48 – “Symbolic Dream” – WARM SODA

49 – “Heart String Soul” – RYAN ALLEN & HIS EXTRAS ARMS

50 – “Presents…” – THE SUNCHYMES

TOP 50 ALBUNS/EPS 2014

1 – “Sing Along Until You Feel Better” – PHIL AJJARAPU

2 – “All In A Dream” – BALDUIN

3 – “6” – SECRET POWERS

4 – “Something Good” – LINUS OF HOLLYWOOD

5 – “Coke Belda I” – COKE BELDA

6 – “Bipolar Love” – GREG IERONIMO

7 – “Ever Evolving Lounge” – DR. COSMO’S TAPE LAB

8 – “S/T” – SINTÓNICOS

9 – “3D” – EL INQUIETO ROQUE

10 – “S/T” – FAUNA FLORA

 

11 –“We Let Go” – SUNDAY SUN

12 – “Why Don’t They Teach Heartbreak At School?” – AERIAL

13 – “All In Time” – LEWIS WILSON

14 – “Blank Check” – THE SOLICITORS

15 – “Un Cruel Manque de Tendresse” – TOMMY LORENTE

16 – “Pop 2! The Exploding Musical Mind Of Dana Countryman” – DANA COUNTRYMAN

17 – “Vanishing Act” – EDWARD O’CONELL

18 – “Song Machine” – CLIFF HILLIS

19 – “S/T” – THE LEGAL MATTERS

20 – “And The Etceteras” – MARSHALL HOLLAND

 

21 – “Echoes In The Glass” – MONOGROOVE

22 – “Toy Plane II” – DAVID GRAHAME

23 – “Pop/Art” – ADRIAN BOURGEOIS  

24 – “How’s Life On Earth?” – THE LONG PLAYER ORCHESTRA  

25 – “The Magic Line” – MAGIC BROTHERS

26 – “Get Young” – THE TRIPWIRES

27 – “Suit Of Armor” – PAUL STARLING

28 – “S/T” – WE ARE CATCHERS

29 – “If We Never Came Down” – MYLITTLEBROTHER

30 – “And Then … The Unthinkable Happened” – THE BLOOD RUSH HOUR

 

31 - “People All Over The World” – SMITH & HAYES

32 – “The Intercontinental” – THE RIP OFF ARTISTS

33 – “Dangerous Games” – THE CRY!

34 – “Lightours” – AMERICAN SUITCASE

35 – “Inner Sunset” – THE PAUL & JOHN

36 – “Beyond Time” – BUBBLE GUM ORCHESTRA

37 – “Schlock Star” – JOE SULLIVAN

38 – “Look How Fast A Heart Can Break” – THE SINGLES

39 – “S/T” – VICENTE PRATS

40 – “The Summer Of Our Lives” – THE SHIPS

 

41 – “Phonograph Vol. 1” – PHONOGRAPH

42 – “Homeward” – DROPKICK

43 – “Ship Of Theseus” – THE MAYFLOWERS

44 – “S/T” – THE SQUIRES OF THE SUBTERRAIN

45 – “The Wilderness Inside” – ARMY NAVY

46 – “Youngstown Tune-Up” – THE JELLYBRICKS

47 – “Hold Your Applause” – BRACKET

48 – “High Tea” – THE BRITANNICAS

49 – “EPS 1,2,3,4” – EVIL ARROWS

50 – “For Love & Spite” – LATVIAN RADIO

 

TOP 50 ÁLBUNS 2013

1 – “The Maureens” – THE MAUREENS
2 – “Something My Heart Understands” – THE PINE HOLLOWS
3 – “False Ties And Nice Hoods” – PETER FEDOFSKY
4 – “Throw Money” – GLENN CASE
5 – “Soft Will” – SMITH WESTERNS
6 – “Novel And Profane” – WYATT FUNDERBURCK
7 – “Gleeson II” - GLEESON
8 – “Pop Motion Animation” – GREG POPE
9 – “The Maze” – DAVID BROOKINGS
10 – “Someone For You” – WARM SODA

11 – “Get Some Action” – RADIO DAYS
12 – “Everything Changes” – EYTAN AND THE EMBASSY
13 – “Elephants Into Swans” – THE SUN SAWED IN 1/2
14 – “New Lion Terraces” – CORIN ASHLEY
15 – “Above, Beyond And In Between” – LISA MYCHOLS
16 – “Heart Vs Mind” – BRYAN ESTEPA
17 – “Super De Luxe” – ATTIC LIGHTS
18 – “Eric Barao” – ERIC BARAO
19 – “Life & Rhymes” – PHIL ANGOTTI
20 – “…Play Good Music!” – THE YUM YUMS

21 – “The Golden Age” – JOEL SARAKULA
22 – “Lots Of The Pops Vol. 1: Caught In A Sweet Refrain” – THE TOR GUIDES
23 – “Familiar Stranger” – BOB EVANS
24 – “The Discovery” – BUBBLEGUM ORCHESTRA
25 – “The Name Of These Girls” – GOODFELLOWS
26 – “13 In My Head” – NICK PIUNTI
27 – “Homesick” – CHRIS PRICE
28 – “Don’t Know What Happiness Is” – LIVINGSTONE DAISIES
29 – “Get Up” – WIRETREE
30 – “Four” – ANDREA PERRY

31 – “Let It Rock!” – THE CONNECTION
32 - “Namaste” – SAM’S INSTANT BAND
33 – “The Color Of Day” – LAMAR HOLLEY
34 – “Heal The Earth” – THE TIME TRAVELLERS
35 – “Azalea’s Room” – 8X8
36 – “Vaudeville” – CHASE HAMBLIN & THE ROUSTABOUTS
37 – “Hot Dogs On Tuesday” – PAINT 31
38 – “Cinnamon” – AGONY AUNTS
39 – “Rings Around The Sun” – VEGAS WITH RANDOLPH
40 – “The Nines” – THE NINES

41 – “We Are You” – ANY VERSION OF ME
42 – “Poplar Music” – DYNAMO BLISS
43 – “Hi-Flying Dreams” – BANG 74
44 – “Welcome Sucker To Candyland” – GRU
45 – “Pop, Baby” – ADAM DANIEL
46 – “A Break In The Weather” – THE CHARLIE WATTS RIOTS
47 – “Obscuriosity” – STEPHEN LAWRENSON
48 – “Drake, Near The Alley” – GARY RITCHIE
49 – “You Should Be Happy” – THE JUNIOR LEAGUE
50 – “Together We’ll Get Through” – SHANE LAMB

Top 50 Álbuns 2012

1 – “New Songs Old Stories” – LANNIE FLOWERS
2 – “All That Is The Judes” – THE JUDES
3 – “Throwback Pop” – KEVIN MARTIN
4 – “Pinstripes, The Sky” – RYAN LERMAN
5 – “Daffy’s Elixir” – BRYAN SCARY
6 – “Cabin Fever Songs” – JUSTIN KLINE
7 – “Dream Good” – CLIFF HILLIS
8 – “Strawberries & Chocolates” – THE TOR GUIDES
9 – “Summer Holiday” – MARTY GRAVEYARD
10 – “Charm” – SITCOM NEIGHBOR

11 – “The Anatomy Of An Apricot” – 8x8
12 – “Mess Of Happiness” – JAY GONZALEZ
13 – “Soundshine” – DAVID MYHR
14 – “Pictures From The Past” – ANGEL KAPLAN
15 – “s/t” – GRAHAME STEINBERG
16 – “Wunjo” – OBERON ROSE
17 – “Plymouth Rock” – THE MAYFLOWERS
18 – “Olympus Sound” – PUGWASH
19 – “More Songs About Her” – SECRET POWERS
20 – “On High” – GAVIN GUSS

21 – “I, II, III” – SUNDAY SUN
22 – “Ignition” – SHOES
23 – “Strange Heaven” – MRS. MAGICIAN
24 – “Researching The Blues” – REDD KROSS
25 – “Shot Glass Souvenir” – THROWBACK SUBURBIA
26 – “Shipwrecked Commotion” – PAUL STARLING
27 – “Nuevo Plan” – DESCONOCIDOS
28 – “Go Fly A Kite” – BEN KWELLER
29 – “Moonlighting” – THE HONEYMOON STALLIONS
30 – “Calidad De Vida” – LUKAH BOO

31 – “Brand New Beat” – KURT BAKER
32 - “Springlevend” – THE KIK
33 – “Touchy/Feely” – FRANK BANGO
34 – “A Matter Of Time” – ANY VERSION OF ME
35 – “Próxima Estação” – VOLVER
36 – “Summer Wilderness Program” – JON LINDSAY
37 – “Outside” – JEFF LITMAN
38 – “Hollows And Rounds” – WHITEJACKET
39 – “BGO II” – BUBBLEGUM ORCHESTRA
40 – “Shrink” – THE BLOOD RUSH HOUR

41 – “Grand Hotel” – THE EXPLORERS CLUB
42 – “Paper Trails” – DROPKICK
43 – “Now Is The Time” – THE LEMON CLOCKS
44 – “Reading Too Much Into Things Like Everything” – THE SCHOOL
45 – “Out Of The City” – THE SEASONGS
46 – “Elba” – JP CREGAN
47 – “Martha” – THE MIKE BENIGN COMPULSION
48 – “Let Your Free Flag Fly” – THE SUNCHYMES
49 – “Get Yer La La’s Out” – CHRIS RICHARDS & THE SUBTRACTIONS
50 – “Big Adventure” – PEELGREENS